tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post8552838565242568897..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: The Cetaceous Kings of the Lizards (and the Other King too)Cameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-76216468947048312322010-01-24T01:25:47.313-05:002010-01-24T01:25:47.313-05:00The author of cameronmccormick.blogspot.com has wr...The author of cameronmccormick.blogspot.com has written an excellent article. You have made your point and there is not much to argue about. It is like the following universal truth that you can not argue with: It's safer to go there in your head. Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-10631595546180113232009-12-30T09:06:10.289-05:002009-12-30T09:06:10.289-05:00Good Day!!! cameronmccormick.blogspot.com is one o...Good Day!!! cameronmccormick.blogspot.com is one of the most excellent resourceful websites of its kind. I take advantage of reading it every day. All the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-67726660679151858572008-02-28T21:24:00.000-05:002008-02-28T21:24:00.000-05:00You may be right about the Palaeos page. I'm fair...You may be right about the Palaeos page. I'm fairly sure I was wrong about the pike-like bit, and your suggestion of a specialization for surface life is an interesting and perhaps better interpretation of the vertebral complement. <BR/>On the other hand, I think I'd still follow the general phylogenetic model in the essay for most cetaceans, even if it turns out not to apply to basilosaurids. Your question "Since when does evolution happen like this?" is a fair one, but see:<BR/>http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/520Cetartiodactyla/520.120.html#Grade <BR/><BR/>Toby White<BR/>palaeos.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-66121131320106548782008-02-27T20:28:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:28:00.000-05:00Yes, I, Ogopogo, have returned to haunt your blog!...Yes, I, Ogopogo, have returned to haunt your blog! Muahahahahahaha!<BR/>Anyway, i see that this is the article you mentioned after my post on the sea serpent article. I theorize that long bilateral fins would assist in the stability of some species, but not basilosaurus.<BR/><BR/>I favor the theory that basilosaurus was flexible in all directions because this would make it a much better ambush predator in a mangrove swamp (it could weave through some mangroves to position its head to grab an Apidium (monkey).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-9089527969251227252008-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:002008-02-27T14:34:00.000-05:00I honestly set out with the intention of reading t...I honestly set out with the intention of reading this. However I soon found myself distracted by your justification and attempted to make shapes in the blanks between words. I'm fairly certain it was about a whale...and I'm sure I'll hear you talking about it more later. <BR/><BR/>My brain is too full of fact from hermaphrodite sex that it really can't do anything else but wait for someone to bring up the subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com